#multiuniversal chaos

1/3 Masterpost Last

2017 New York

Their first plan was to return to the location of the Foot Clan, where the portal was built, but when they got there, everything was just a cold place. There was no trace of any human presence in the building. They almost questioned CJ, wondering if he had given the wrong address, but the boy was right.

So they were given a new task, so they searched for the current location of the clan. Days passed in the meantime. CJ fit in well with the turtles' everyday life. Although he never said much about himself, he found common ground with all four brothers.

"You're quite at home in the sewers" Donnie remarked one day. "People usually find it quite unpleasant."

"I guess so" CJ agreed. "Actually, the sewers are much more like a home than a house, I think."

"Interesting concept" Donnie said.

"It's time for training" Master Splinter arrived, interrupting the conversation.

As usual, the four turtles prepared themselves, while the human boy stepped back. He was about to leave to occupy himself elsewhere, when the rat said after him:

"You could join us, CJ."

"Really?" he turned back excitedly.

Before he knew it, he was already in the dojo watching the warm-up, the katas, and then the duels unfolding between the brothers. After the first two went down, instead of the final between the winners, Splinter called his sons back.

"We don't usually train with unusual weapons, but..." he started again, addressing his words to CJ, but the boy quickly interrupted him.

" I can actually use some traditional weapons!"

" Interesting. So you don't mind if you have to fight Donatello with a bo stick, maybe? That's the most similar to your... stuff."

"Well, I can fight with a bo, but I don't use that at home..."

"What are you filming then?" Raph interrupted impatiently, but curiously.

"Usually a katana."

"You don't really seem like a swordsman", Mikey said.

"Sometimes we train with odachi, but the weight distribution of the katana is more comfortable for me."

"You wield both odachi and katana? I've never heard of such a thing, swordsmen usually choose the one that suits them best" Leo wondered.

"Yes, but not everyone notices the difference. My teacher had to switch from odachi to twin katanas very quickly, so he can wield both quite well, he taught me some balance tricks when switching weapons..."

"Oh no, now there are two of them!" Mikey joked.

"That's enough" Master Splinter calmed the group. " CJ, Leonardo, show us a fight!"

Donnie brought a katana to CJ, and then the two boys moved away from the others a little.

"My skills may have gotten a little rusty" CJ defended himself apologetically.

"Don't worry, it's just a friendly match."

"Hajime!"

The fight began. Everyone present was surprised when CJ struck Leora with almost superhuman speed, who blocked the attack just as quickly, then returned it. The silence of the dojo was broken only by the sounds of blades clashing against each other.

Sometimes it was obvious in CJ's movements that he was used to a different weapon, his balance was more unstable, but he always quickly covered up these technical errors. The fight was pleasantly balanced, neither side gave less. After a long battle, Leo finally managed to knock the weapon out of CJ's hands and send the boy to the floor.

"Considering how rusty you are, this was a pretty decent workout" the blue turtle remarked to the boy.

After Splinter released them, Mikey began to question the guest. At first, he held back because of the many evasive answers, but when one of CJ's answers went beyond the usual "not relevant" answer, Mikey threw a real barrage of questions at him.

"What's school like? What kind of friends do you have there?" the orange turtle asked the fate-changing question.

"This whole school thing is actually quite new to me" CJ said, and since this was the first information he shared about himself, this was where his friendship with his siblings really began.

"Really, how? Don't people have to go there from a young age? You're not that young, you look like a high school student already... That reminds me, how old are you? You haven't mentioned it yet."

CJ watched him in confusion, worried about the facts he had shared. What if he said something he shouldn't? Of course, the turtles could be trusted. He had already successfully convinced himself that they weren't evil alternatives to his own family, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to talk a little more calmly... Besides, he didn't have many friends his age.

"It's a long story why I didn't go to school earlier, I just turned fourteen."

Poor boy didn't expect that after just one sentence there would be such a big silence. The general background noise in the den stopped and the other turtles, who had only listened to Mikey's chatter with half an ear until now, all looked at him with shocked faces.

"You just turned fourteen" Raph repeated.

"Yes" CJ nodded confused.

"A fourteen-year-old almost beat me" Leo looked at him too.

"Oh come on, age doesn't matter, you're fighting the Foot, you should know that too" the man rolled his eyes now. "Besides, it's not like you're that much older than me!"

" We're nineteen" Donnie explained. "We didn't mean we were that old when we first went to New York, we were just surprised that you were so skilled..."

"And alone" Leo added. "You only arrived a few days ago from a completely different universe..."

"Being stuck in another world sucks" Mikey nodded sympathetically. He never liked to talk about his time in Dimension X, but he had learned a lot there.

"I admit, I think I'm homesick" said CJ "but I've been in a similar situation before!"

"You just turned fourteen and you've already been in a similar situation?!" Raph was incredulous. "What kind of screwed-up world do you come from?!"

CJ was silent. The conversation was starting to take a direction that was increasingly uncomfortable for him, so he decided to end it:

3/3 Last Masterpost

2011. Japan

Leon, as they finally agreed on the name, became a regular visitor to the dojo courtyard. Karai suddenly had a friend who was her age and even knew the life of ninjas! The little training sessions and duels together increased the girl's motivation, listening to Leon's comments, she improved a lot in a short time. Suddenly, the meditation exercises that she had previously considered boring didn't seem so terrible with Takashi sensei.

Of course, the man noticed the change of heart, and he noted it to Karai, but when the girl gave an evasive answer, he said this in peaceful calm:

" Please, tell me when you're ready, but don't lie until then!"

Karai loved Takashi sensei, she had known him for a long time, and she felt guilty about her betrayal, but she didn't want to betray her new friend. The next day, she told Leon everything, who, to her great surprise, simply didn't see the problem.

"Introduce me to your sensei!" he advised.

That was how Takashi first met Leon. The man was surprised by the boy's turtle nature, but seeing his simple behavior, he quickly got over it.

"You're not human" he stated after introducing himself.

"I'm not completely human" Leon shrugged, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

That was all they had left. Gradually, Leon became a frequent visitor not only in the courtyard, but also inside the dojo when he joined Karai during training.

Leon's manner was not nearly as reserved as that of the strictly raised girl. Takashi quickly took a liking to him, which led to several violations of the other's personal space. At first, it was strange and disturbing, but after a while, Takashi got used to it and even liked the strange boy.

When Karai had to go to her father's or somewhere else, she increasingly found herself alone with Leon, who chatted in a relaxed mood about anything that came to mind. Moreover, the turtle was an inestimable warrior. At first, he didn't notice, as he was joking and making deliberate mistakes, but as an experienced teacher, Takashi eventually noticed. One time, when the two of them were in the dojo, he even wanted to fight him.

"You're holding back on purpose," he told Leon, "I want you to give it your all now."

Leon initially deflected the subject, denying the accusations, but still agreed. The duel started in the usual way, but at a much higher level than the average training. The teenager and the sensei were worthy opponents of each other. Swords clashed for a long, long time, attacks and defenses alternated, but there was still something strange in Leon's movements.

"You're still holding yourself back from something!" Takashi said. "If you don't fight with all your heart, you'll offend me!"

"So be it!" Leon shouted, and a blue glow appeared around him.

The man didn't even have time to realize what was happening, the turtle was already attacking from the other side. After a few attacks, he quickly collected himself, but the strange turn surprised him.

Leon was unusual, you could somehow feel a kind of inhuman aura in his mere movements. Takashi didn't expect the kid to cast magic!

The man was positioned firmly in the middle of the dojo, with his knees bent and a katana in his arms, fending off attacks from all directions. He stayed like that for a while, then suddenly jumped away and charged at Leon. Despite the unexpected move, he quickly blocked and then parried a few more attacks.

A duel can take many forms. Takashi and Leon's fight was full of fast, precise movements. When you fight, you have to be careful to parry and attack your opponent at the same time. It's like chess: there are basic moves that both sides can do, but the way they do it is different. If someone is a good fighter, they don't just have strength or beautiful moves, they can also create a strategy. It can be a complex plan, or it can be a quick reaction to a blow, a counterattack, a series of moves that will put an end to the match.

Takashi and Leon fought each other, forgetting about the world, until the turtle, appearing from increasingly unpredictable directions, managed to knock the sensei off balance so much that as he reached the floor, he skillfully knocked the weapon out of his hands. Leon pinned Takashi's right arm to the ground with one foot, and with his other knee leaning against his body, he aimed his blades at the teacher. He clearly won the fight.

What neither of them noticed was the opening of the sliding door of the room, where Saki and Karai had entered a few minutes earlier, along with some clan members. They stood amazed, watching the final moments of the fight. Leon got up exhausted and helped Takashi up, who noticed their spectators.

Saki walked towards them with dignity, then looked down at the turtle, who was much shorter than him, and asked:

"What is your name, boy?"

Leon blinked in surprise, adrenaline had already drained from him and he hadn't expected strangers. He straightened up, panting, but managed to conjure up his charismatic smile.

" Leonardo" he said simply.

Saki looked him over with a searching gaze. His eyes also met Takashi's, who stood behind the turtle, nobly accepting defeat.

"Greetings, Leonardo. I am Oroku Saki, leader of the Swiftfoot Clan. I hope we will see each other a lot more."

2/3 Last Masterpost

2017. New York

On the way to the lair, CJ refused to give up the key. He vaguely told them how he had jumped through the portal, but tried to share as little as possible about his own universe.

Oddly enough, none of the turtles tried to convince him otherwise. All four of them felt a kind of instinctive trust in the boy. Upon arrival, Leo went to inform Master Splinter about what had happened. The rat mutant had been thought lost several times, but like Shredder, he somehow returned. Although the boys often did not know how to relate to him, their teacher tended to act as if nothing had happened.

However, after a few minutes, Splinter joined the group resting by the couch to meet the guest.

CJ seemed much more surprised to see the rat than when he met his brothers. Of course, without the mask, his emotions were more readable, the hesitant movements with which he appeared before his sensei seemed unusual even after a few close acquaintances.

"My name is CJ, sir" he introduced himself, but instead of extending a hand, he bowed gently.

" I am Master Splinter" the rat stared. "Leonardo said that you came here from a different world than ours."

" Indeed, the Foot Clan built a kind of portal structure. I traveled here by accident, but when the clan, against their will, shared with me its plans for the subjugation of my universe, I did not want to jump back and leave the situation uncontrolled."

"A wise decision indeed" Splinter nodded. "What is your plan for the next step?"

"I made the first decision in a matter of moments" the boy explained. "I have not been able to create a more detailed plan yet, but I have had the opportunity to think about a few things during the journey here. I assume there is no other portal in this world, or a portal-creating device in my world. In that case, I would like to know the local protocols against the Foot Clan, because I do not want to interfere in the affairs here. If there is only one way, I must get through that gate, return the key to its place, but immediately afterwards someone must remove it from there and destroy it.

"Good strategy" Master Splinter praised.

"I learned from a good one" CJ shrugged.

"Who is your teacher?" the rat inquired.

" Not relevant " the boy narrowed his eyes "but I learned a lot from my family."

1/3 Last Masterpost

2021. New York (TMNT 2018 univers)

Leo was pacing nervously up and down Donnie's lab, and not even to annoy his favorite twin.

"The surveillance cameras have been modified a little" Don noted, trying to calm Leo's nerves with constant information.

The red-eared slider hummed, then tapped his prosthetic arm softly with his left hand. It was a tic that had developed after the invasion, when he could count on four limbs again.

" Here's the original footage" Donnie said, and Leo immediately appeared there.

A tangled scene unfolded on the screen: a gang of yokai criminals, with witches, mystical lights, and then a surprising, chaotic portal. A witch would start laughing when CJ pushes her away, throws a smoke bomb in front of her, and as the air clears, both the portal and the boy are left with a cold spot.

Donnie rewinds without a word, slowing down and zooming in on the scene, trying to catch as much of it as possible.

"They didn't make that portal," Leo remarked.

"How do you know?" Donnie asked.

"That's not how yokai magic looks, and the color of the portal is completely at odds with the mystical energies," the blue turtle rewinded to the fight. "Look, they all have a color, but nothing like the portal!"

"Well, that was Junior's last known location. Wherever the portal led, he's there right now. And my tracker can't find him anywhere on the planet."

"Couldn't the mystical space outburst have caused it?"

"No way. With Barry's help, we made it completely stable against any mystical occurrences, it would take an energy blast capable of blowing up a solar system to discharge."

"So that leaves two possibilities: CJ is either off-planet, which is really cool, as long as he has enough air, or..."

"In another reality."

2/2 Last Masterpost

CJ's experiences with portals have not been pleasant. When he was thrown through the gates of Master Michelangelo in the future, he witnessed the death of his uncle and teacher, his father, at the last moment. Later, he witnessed the opening of the sky, which he had heard from adults as a child, and saw the Kraang begin their attack on New York. At the end of the invasion, he himself imprisoned the younger version of his father by closing a portal into the Prison Dimension.

So, CJ was completely justified in resenting this mystical form of travel. Still, he had to admit, this time it was really his fault that he ended up in a completely new, unknown universe. It was dark and frustratingly quiet compared to the constant hustle and bustle of New York. And the moment he arrived, he fell right into the local version of the Foot Clan, who had inadvertently spilled their plans to him.

If there’s one thing you learn growing up in an apocalyptic world, it’s how to make life-changing decisions quickly. So CJ rushed forward, swiftly disconnecting the controller of what he suspected was the portal generator. Ironically, these great portals always have some kind of key, but the boy tried not to think about that.

When the Leo of this universe had pushed him aside and saved him, he had instinctively known that he could trust him and his brothers. But he didn’t want to share everything with them, because the last time it had been almost a matter of chance whether they would believe him or not. So he told them about the portal, the clan’s plan, but he preferred not to mention that he had come from the other side of the portal.

“So the Foot Clan built a great portal to travel to another dimension, which they could subdue, but couldn’t get to work without it,” Leo summarized, pointing to the box in the boy’s hand.

"I'd rather call it another universe, and this is the key to the portal," CJ corrected gently, but nodded.

"I hope we don't have to deal with idiotic versions of ourselves shouting "Turtle Power" again," Raph sighed.

"If the clan could build the portal itself, why don't they build a new key instead of chasing you for the one they stole?" Donnie asked, already working on plans and theories in his head.

"I've thought about it too," CJ turned to him. "I think there's something in it that they can't replicate. Maybe a power source, a component, or something mystical..."

"Well, they're either looking for the key or you," Leo said.

"We'd like to know more about what exactly you were looking for there?" Raph agreed.

CJ considered how much to reveal again. Finally, he admitted:

"I'm not from here. As a matter of fact, I came from a very far away..."

Raph, puzzled, would have demanded a simpler explanation when Donnie looked at the man with a recognition look.

"You're from the other universe!"

" Yes, we can probably put it that way..."

The turtles left and discussed taking CJ to the lair. They all agreed to this, even if Raph grumbled a little.

"Don't attract our idiot impostors here!" he threatened into the air.

1/2 Last Masterpost

2017. New York (TMNT 2012 universe)

Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey glided like shadows across the rooftops due to an alarm. These days, they had to fight much less often, although the Foot Clan somehow managed to get Shredder back. They were convinced that the man had died and that Karai had taken over the leadership of the clan, but somehow their enemy had reappeared. Fortunately, the many years of experience strengthened the gang, and with the defeat of Krang, the Quickfoot Clan did not pose a world-shattering problem by itself.

However, they heard some rumors on the street about a fight, and they wanted to investigate this. The information was vague, but several mentioned cases of a single warrior holding his own against the Clan's humans and robots. That seemed pretty unrealistic, if not impossible. Can a new, unknown guy just beat a dozen footbot?

What made it even weirder was that according to some reports the Foot Clan was chasing the guy for some reason. The clan doesn't have the habit of making such a big fight over a single person, but of course it doesn't usually happen that someone gets out of a conflict with them alive...

"We have them! " - the turtles stopped on the roof of a block of flats, from where they could clearly see the events taking place in the alleys. Down there, canes marched around the corner, chasing someone they couldn't see.

"The robots are here, but the guy's late," Mikey stated confusedly.

" It's not late, look! " Leo pointed to a figure in the corner of a fire escape.

At first glance, even the ninjas couldn't tell that the dark corner was hiding a humanoid being. Fortunately for them, in the middle of the most confused moment of the footbots, the unknown person jumped out. They could observe himbor her to some extent during the fight, but his or her quick movement and cloak hid a lot from their eyes. The brothers were ready to jump, waiting for when they had to jump into the battle, but the unknown handled the opponents with surprising ease.

"I guess it's he and is a human," Donnie said with the help of his self-made digital binoculars, "and he is either young or quite short."

" He's moving strangely, he's holding something in his hand, can't you see what it is? " Raph asked.

"His cloak covers him."

Leo's attention was then caught by a glimmer, something sparking for barely a moment on a distant rooftop. No one else noticed, but Leo, suddenly enlightened, jumped down the alley, pushing the unknown warrior away.

"Be careful!" he shouted at the same time as the operation, then added: "Shooter a few streets up."

Standing face to face, he could meet the man whom the clan was chasing for some reason, but not quite, because his face was covered by a large mask. Leo met eerily glowing green lights in the place of the eyes, when the man just nodded at his arrival without understanding.

"You can't just suddenly jump down like that! " Raph joined them in disgust.

" Sniper at West street" Leo warned his brothers as well.

Meanwhile, the man turned into a back street along the building. This must have hit the shooter's blind spot, so the turtles followed. They ran out of walking sticks, no one was chasing them, but for the sake of safety, they would have tried to hide as soon as possible, but they didn't want to lose sight of the unknown.

The man then suddenly turned into an alley and by the time the brothers arrived, there was no sign of him.

"Where the shell could he have disappeared into?" Raph looked around.

"I don't want to spoil the party, but I think we should let the guy run," Mikey said much more quietly.

" Why, what's going on?" Leo asked.

"New footbots are gathering at the end of the street" Mikey looked out at the corner of the alley.

" Quick, into the sewers!"

The manhole cover of the alley closed softly back into place when they met the green lights shining in the semi-darkness. At first they took a few steps back in terror, then realized that they were dealing with the man they were looking for. The said figure hesitantly waved at them, but did not move or say anything more.

" You!" all the turtles shouted at him, and then there was awkward silence.

" Hello, it's good that we ran into each other, we were actually looking for you, my name is Mikey, we heard that the Foot Clan was chasing you and we thought, wow, what could a guy do, what's the name anyway? Your mask is cool, although the glowing eyes are a bit scary... " the orange brother finally took a break to somehow start the conversation.

Donnie stopped him, hissing softly about the potential dangers of messing around with strangers.

"My name is CJ" they heard then, and looking up they could see that the unknown voice belonged to this person who took off his mask in the meantime.

The turtles stared at him in silence for a few moments when Leo said the obvious:

" It's a child!"

"My age is not relevant," CJ shook his head.

" Okay, so who are you and why are you being chased around town by canes? " Raph asked.

"Yes, about that... " CJ scratched the back of his head in confusion " I think I need your help."

MC AU Masterpost

2011, Japan (TMNT 2012 universe)

Karai angrily kicked the dust in the dojo yard. She was disappointed with the way her kunoichi training was going. Although her father advised her to be patient, she herself was dissatisfied with herself. Of course, she already knew well at the age of fourteen that she could not be a professional, she felt a bit untalented around the members of the Foot Clan.

- Karai, don't go far! Takashi sensei said after her from the door. - I have to go now, until then you take care of the dojo.

- Where are you going, sensei? - asked the girl, although she was happy to accept the task. If she is entrusted with the dojo, that means Takashi sensei and her father trust him, right?

"Saki-san's orders," the man answered shortly.

Karai watched her teacher leave unhappily, then continued to ramble aimlessly. A small stream flowed at the end of the yard, and she finally settled there. She was sitting on a rock and dangling her feet in the cold water when she heard strange sounds. Looking up, she didn't notice anything strange and in the silence she thought she was imagining things, when she saw a blue glow beyond the stream, behind the trees.

The yard was bordered by a stream, and Takashi had specifically asked her not to wander off, but what if the mysterious light was a threat to the clan? Karai waded across to the other side without hesitation.

However, when she could have glimpsed the source of the glow behind the trees, the light disappeared. Frustrated, she looked around to see if he could find anything, anything, that would point to the mystery. She was about to give up when a bush rustled and a strange stranger appeared before her eyes.

" A kappa? " she asked almost in a whisper, when the little green creature started to squirm.

"Ouch, that hurt " he moaned to himself when he noticed Karai.

Several emotions ran through his face, decorated with red stripes, from confusion to fear.

"So... You are from Jersey? " he finally asked with an awkward smile.

" Here you go? " Karai was puzzled, even before she could understand that he should speak in English.

"Nothing, nothing," said the newcomer first, to her surprise, in Japanese.

He was no longer looking at Karai, but studying his surroundings. Karai recognized the calculating looks, but didn't want the kappa to leave, so she quickly grabbed him by the arm.

" Wait, kappa! " she shouted. " What's your name?"

The other stopped in surprise. He considered his situation, but since she didn't seem intimidated by his appearance, he finally extended his right hand for a handshake with a friendly, confident smile.